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Patricia Arquette's ‘Severance' character talks like that because ‘she thinks that's what power sounds like'
Even after two seasons of Severance, Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) remains an enigma. The woman occasionally known as 'Mrs. Selvig' seems like the ultimate example of Lumon's management style, and yet she herself is constantly at loggerheads with her superiors. She apparently invented the severance procedure as we know it, and yet helps Mark Scout (Adam Scott) break through it. Many mysteries remain as Severance fans look forward to Season 3, but certain things about Cobel can be explained in the meantime. In a new interview with Gold Derby, Arquette says that she is responsible for both the character's look and her mannered way of speaking. More from GoldDerby 'Ballerina' targets $35 million opening in box-office clash with 'Lilo & Stitch' 'Brilliant Minds' creator Michael Grassi on how his love of Oliver Sacks inspired NBC's new medical drama The Making of 'The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day': PBS variety special 'comes from the heart' READ: 'When I was first thinking of building that character, I saw her with silver hair, white hair,' Arquette says. 'I felt like her hair should be a little older than she is. But also I wanted to have this affected, weird voice. I liked this idea that she's got this affected voice because she thinks that's what power sounds like. That's what these middle managers sound like. It's probably something she heard in school and you hear it a little bit from her aunt when you see the squalor she actually grew up in. So this is a made-up voice, a voice of success, and it's become this corporate sound.' Arquette continues, 'there's also an inscrutability when you're raised in an organization or structure [like Lumon], where you're not supposed to feel your feelings. You're supposed to swallow your feelings and you're not supposed to tell everyone what's going on or you'll get in trouble. You learn to play things close to the vest. I don't think Harmony's ever been really safe in her life anywhere or with anyone. And then when we went to Salt's Neck, it was like, 'Wow, this is a very Bergman-looking color palette, with actual icebergs floating by.' If your character looked like a piece of nature, she would look like an iceberg.' Cobel was not as prominent in Severance Season 2 as she was in Season 1, since she lost her position both at Lumon and as Mark's next-door neighbor. But she was able to take the spotlight in the episode 'Sweet Vitriol,' in which viewers followed Cobel back to her hometown of Salt's Neck — once the location of a major Lumon ether factory, now a left-behind wasteland full of poverty and addiction. Among other things, the episode revealed that Cobel basically invented the severance chip, despite getting little credit for it. It seems like a paradox that the Lumon employee responsible for its most important technology also defies upper management as often as Harmony does, but Arquette says that paradox is central to Severance. 'It may seem like a perversion, but honestly, her interior unresolved story informs the creation of the severance chip,' Arquette says. 'She's trying to prove something through this thing. There is a synchronicity between the severance chip and her interior landscape. They are very closely wedded to each other, these two things. It's not accidental.' The epidemic of ether addiction that pervades present-day Salt Neck is also no accident. Think of it, Arquette says, like an earlier attempt at separating people's work memories from the rest of their life. 'Ben [Stiller] wanted this rotting factory town,' Arquette says of Salt Neck. 'This is an early version of Lumon's attempt to create a corporate town, and these are the vestiges left over after the poisoning of the water and the ether factory and everyone becoming addicts. In a weird way, ether is an early form of severance. It's like the drug of forgetting. So what if you could forget, like with ether, but without the drug? Well then you would need a chip, and that's severance.' Best of GoldDerby The Making of 'The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day': PBS variety special 'comes from the heart' From 'Hot Rod' to 'Eastbound' to 'Gemstones,' Danny McBride breaks down his most righteous roles: 'It's been an absolute blast' Jay Duplass on exposing his 'dad bod' and playing a 'soft villain' in 'Dying for Sex': 'Easily one of my biggest acting challenges' Click here to read the full article.
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12-05-2025
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Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe Comedy Series, the NBA Lead NBC's 2025-26 Lineup
NBC has greenlit a new comedy series starring Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe, which leads the network's 2025-26 alongside the NBA. The new series, titled 'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,' focuses on a disgraced former football player (Morgan), who is on a mission to rehabilitate his image, according to the official logline. It is executive produced by '30 Rock' creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. 'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins' will debut in the 2025-26 alongside returning comedies 'St. Denis Medical' and 'Happy's Place' which took the coveted comedy slots on Monday and Friday upon the cancellations of 'Night Court' and 'Lopez vs Lopez.' 'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins' will either be slotted after 'St. Denis Medical' on Mondays or after 'Happy's Place' on Fridays, with an additional slot open for NBC comedy pilots — which include 'Stumble' from Jeff and Liz Astrof and an untitled project from Sierra Teller Ornelas — to air in the 2025-26 season if greenlit. Beginning in October, when NBC kicks off its 11-year deal with the NBA, Peacock will livestream national Monday night games before games are broadcast across NBC and Peacock on Tuesday nights, filling the entirety of Tuesday night primetime. In spring 2026, NBC will launch 'Sunday Night Basketball' across NBC and Peacock, alongside playoffs and WNBA Coverage. Before the NBA kicks off in October, NBC's Tuesday nights in September will see 'The Voice' air from 8-10 p.m. before new unscripted show 'On Brand With Jimmy Fallon,' which follows the late night host as he starts a premier marketing agency, airs at 10 p.m. With the NBA's return making fewer primetime spots available for scripted programming, freshman series 'Brilliant Minds' and 'The Hunting Party' made the cut over 'Suits LA,' 'The Irrational,' 'Grosse Pointe Garden Society' and 'Found.' There's still a chance for 'Grosse Pointe Garden Society' to move to Peacock, according to programming planning strategy president Jeff Bader and SVP of program planning and scheduling Steve Kern, who told press that a potential move to the streamer was something considered for every show. While the execs noted the NBA broke up the network's comedy block — which helped launch 'St. Denis Medical' last season — Bader noted the scripted programming line up isn't 'dramatically less' than pre-NBA seasons. 'I actually think we did a good job of carving out scripted time, given that we do not have Tuesdays,' Bader said. 'Brilliant Minds' will air after 'The Voice' on Mondays, while 'The Hunting Party' airs Thursday at 10 p.m. after 'Law & Order' and 'Law & Order: SVU.' The 'Chicago' franchise will continue holding down Wednesday night, with 'Chicago Med' airing at 8 p.m., 'Chicago Fire' at 9 p.m. and 'Chicago P.D.' closing out the night at 10 p.m. 'We're really going to lean into [these sophomore shows],' Bader told press. ''Brilliant Minds' only had 13 episodes, and first season of 'Hunting Party' only had 10 episodes. We need to give these full seasons and really lean into them … really get them established.' For NBC's full 2025-26 lineup, see below. Mondays 8-10 p.m. — 'The Voice' 10-11 p.m. — 'Brilliant Minds' Tuesdays (September) 8-10 p.m. — 'The Voice' 10-11 p.m. — 'On Brand With Jimmy Fallon' (new series) Tuesdays (October) 8-11 p.m. — NBA Wednesdays 8-9 p.m. — 'Chicago Med' 9-10 p.m. — 'Chicago Fire' 10-11 p.m. — 'Chicago P.D.' Thursdays 8-9 p.m. — 'Law & Order' 9-10 p.m. — 'Law & Order: SVU' 10-11 p.m. — 'The Hunting Party' Fridays 8-9 p.m. — 'On Brand With Jimmy Fallon' (new series) 9-10 p.m. — 'Dateline NBC ' Saturdays 7-7:30 p.m. — Big Ten Pregame/Notre Dame Pregame (also live on Peacock) 7:30-11 p.m. — Big Ten Saturday Night/Notre Dame Football (also live on Peacock) Sundays 7-8:20 p.m. ET— Football Night in America (also live on Peacock) 8:20-11 p.m. ET— NBC Sunday Night Football (also live on Peacock) The post Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe Comedy Series, the NBA Lead NBC's 2025-26 Lineup appeared first on TheWrap.
